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Building new system starting with power amp. What would you choose ?

This is not how it usually happens, but what if you simply must have a particular amp and then move with upgrades in both directions? Let's assume that the only source will be RTR deck, so no preamp will be needed.
The price range..how about $15k new or used ?
This is a hypothetical exercise, I am personally not prepared for that yet. However, it would be, theoretically, perfect minimalist audiophile set-up. 
I myself would probably choose either Lamm monoblocks or Gryphon stereo power amp, both used of course.
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A pair of Classe DR3 VHC amplifiers used in monoblock configuration gives 100 watts
of Class A power per channel.  These were designed to drive the notoriously inefficient
Apogee Scintilla at its 1 ohm setting.  A used pair of DR3 VHC's should cost you
about $4000.  New in 1987 they were about $4300 each.  
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